There is currently a significant amount of research being done using inquiry-rich curriculum materials. Many of the materials and resources are available online. The list was compiled by John Czworkowski of the University of California at San Diego. Please add other resources as you find them.
If you investigate any of these links, please add a sentence or two below the link on this page with your impressions about the resource. Thanks. - fogleman
Standards-Based Lessons
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Curriculum resources from AAAS. Science Netlinks offers standards-based lessons as well as many resources that can be used to address science standards in your classes.
I worked on this project at the University of Michigan. IQWST units are targeted at middle school grades 6-8, and feature a physics, chemistry, biology, and an earth science unit for each year. The units are connected and sequenced to build students' inquiry skills (e.g. writing scientific explanations) and understandings of key ideas from each discipline (e.g. the particle nature of matter). - fogleman
If you investigate any of these links, please add a sentence or two below the link on this page with your impressions about the resource. Thanks. -
Standards-Based Lessons
Curriculum resources from AAAS. Science Netlinks offers standards-based lessons as well as many resources that can be used to address science standards in your classes.
MULTIDISCIPLINARY / INTERDISCIPLINARY / NON-DISCIPLINE FOCUS
Ed's Tools for concept inventory construction
The GLOBE Program
Investigating and Questioning Our World through Science and Technology (IQWST)
I worked on this project at the University of Michigan. IQWST units are targeted at middle school grades 6-8, and feature a physics, chemistry, biology, and an earth science unit for each year. The units are connected and sequenced to build students' inquiry skills (e.g. writing scientific explanations) and understandings of key ideas from each discipline (e.g. the particle nature of matter). -
It's About Time
Introductory Physical Science (IPS) (Haber-Schaim, Gendel, Kirksey, Pratt )
The Learning Team
MARS: Model-Assisted Reasoning in Science
Modeling Instruction Program at Arizona State University
The Molecular Workbench Project
The Molecular Logic Project
The Molecular Literacy Project
New York State's core science curricula
The River City Project
Project SCALE-uP curriculum units
Science in a Technical World (STW)
EARTH/PLANETARY SCIENCE
+GETIT (Geoscience Education Through Interactive Technology)
NASA Educational Materials
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education
PHYSICS
CHEMISTRY
BIOLOGY